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He heroin, handicapped or cough f -- coffins. they called the u.s. the world. >> hey, baby. ♪ what you no good ♪ im just coming back. >> war is hell. ♪ when will people start getting together again ♪ things will get better ♪ the newspaper. >> this had to have had an influence on you because your movies are about this. inner city blues, thats a spike lee joint. ♪ crime is increasing ♪ >> this album right here, hes singing to you. >> so he was singing to you then

Whats going on dealt with a central theme. and every track on the album added on to that theme. >> we just went from one song to the other. he had all of those songs together, man. >> he wanted it to all come together and melt together. he put together that theme and created a universe. ♪ >> makes you want to holla. ♪ hold up your hands ♪ oh, makes you want to holla ♪ this aint living ♪ no, no, no, no. >> groove on that record is crazy. i could put inner city blues on right now, get th...

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I went home and picked a guitar up and started strumming through it and immediately i just started crying. marvin gaye wrote this song 50 years ago and nobody listened? no one heard it. it was at that moment t it hurts to sing those words. >> i think the next generation has the power to absolutely change this world because they dont give a damn. they see something thats wrong and they point it out. thats aurpose. >> black people have awoken in a way we have not seen before. not in my lifetime. >...

To talk about the power of afro futurism. theres the version i think a lot of people think about, envisioning a fantastic sci-fi future that features black people of all shapes and sizes and, you know, wakanda. thankfully the black panther -- >> that thing. >> a lot of times, comic books are in games and toys are those gateway drugs to get kids and young adults into the idea of science and technology. >> characters like shuri redefine about what being black means. >> those wounds dont imaginely ...

You didnt bring a baby elephant along. >> one of the keys was when they would turn directly into the camera and stare. it felt like he was doing the take to you at home. >> i have never had a baby marmoset relieve himself on my head, ever. >> that was the beauty of johnny carson. you know, this is a grown man who had a boyish twinkle. >> he was the most popular performer on television. but he was still a loner. >> when i got the job writing for "the tonight show," i used to watch johnny standing...

Dying ♪ you know we got to find a way. >> i know he was going through the pain and the agony of my youngest brother who was in vietnam at the time. >> he takes us from vietnam back to the united states to see whats going on. >> what was going on in the community, the ghetto, injustice, the war. >> he makes you hear the lyrics, which are very important and potent. but then he tricks you into listening them with his music, but making you move and feel and hypnotizing you. ♪ >> he found techniq...

Ground, it was representative of not just what was happening with the very soldiers that have gone for the vietnam war but the people that were dealing with things in life. you know, the song was flying high. >> flying high in the friendly skies. that was about drugs being heroin ♪ flying high in the deadly sky ♪ flying high. >> the whole drug thing happened. the depression that happened. and its just a deep thing. >> ironically enough, marvins addiction is ultimately what sort of did him in...

Them. you can always play to marvin first. >> "rise up," that was from a prayer. that was the first time i was questioning in my life if this was what i was supposed to do. i could not think of a better way for this song to be supported for it to be celebrated than to be adopted by the black lives matter movement. >> this song had never had a music video which is insane because it is probably one of the most profound songs in is industry. i really wanted to use my voice. i wanted to say somethin...